不良侦探：食物链

70岁的寡妇托娃·沙利文在索维尔湾水族馆做夜班清洁工，三十年前儿子的失踪一直是她心中的痛。她与馆里聪明的太平洋巨型章鱼马塞勒斯建立起奇妙的羁绊，马塞勒斯总能在她难过时给予无声的陪伴。与此同时，迷茫的青年卡梅隆·卡斯莫正在寻找自己的生父，他的人生也因这场寻找而逐渐清晰。两条看似无关的故事线，因马塞勒斯的意外发现慢慢交织。

　　That day is seared into the memory of every human being on the planet: the day the world changed. First came the attack on the Philippines. Within days they spread, as though appearing out of nowhere, striking out at more islands, forging a foothold in the South Pacific. Then came the first attack on U.S. soil - Los Angeles - and the reality became clear: our world was at war once again, but this time with an enemy from beyond our galaxy. Now, months later, the fate of the world hangs in the balance as a mission to strike at a key enemy installation deep in enemy territory goes terribly wrong, and the Marines of the 15th Expeditionary Unit are scattered across the island of New Britain, leaderless, and facing impossible odds. Pacific Theater is the story of those Marines: fresh recruits who journey from their homes across the Pacific to the front lines. It is the story of John Blake, a charming Californian surfer who must find the strength to become a leader, Tracey Gleeson, a physics...

　　故事开始于明朝，凤三（元华 饰）心肠歹毒，无恶不作，身为锦衣卫，同时又是凤三的师弟，方守正（元彪 饰）发誓要将凤三绳之于法。然而，凤三此人诡计多端，甚至想要偷取能够扭转时空的黑玉佛，借此逃脱法网，几番争斗之后，两人双双跌落山崖。　　时光荏苒，转眼已是现代，考古队在雪地中挖掘出了凤三和方守正被冰封住的尸体，将两人运往美国研究，然而，途中一场意外却令两人死而复生。方守正于机缘巧合之下遇见了名为阿玉（张曼玉 饰）的不良少女，阴差阳错的成为了她的保镖，而凤三不改奸邪本性，加入了黑社会，继续为非作歹。当方守正得知凤三依旧作恶多端后，他决定继续自己未完成的使命。

本片改编自同名短篇科幻小说，讲述了某一天开始在世界道路上行驶的无数球的故事，以交通事故为界变得无缘无故被人讨厌的男人的悲剧，因为圆盘故障开始与住在附近的宇宙人的交流等。